The Maddening Death Of Mad TV

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  • Опубліковано 11 кві 2024
  • During the time of it's premiere, MadTV was set up to be the perfect replacement for a struggling Saturday Night Live. With a fresh cast of talent, and the history of Mad Magazine behind it, MadTV started strong, but quickly lost favor among it's core audience when SNL began it's resurgence. Even though it was brought back for a brief time years after it's cancellation, MadTV never quite found it's footing with a new audience. Should Mad Magazines, MadTV have had a longer legacy? Or was Saturday Night Live just too big to go up against?
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  • @DeTAYL.
    @DeTAYL. Місяць тому +1285

    MadTV felt more raw and edgy at the time. I always preferred it over SNL.

    • @JoeyArmstrong2800
      @JoeyArmstrong2800 Місяць тому +76

      No pandering to A-list celebrities, whose movie was coming out that week. Nobody was safe of ridicule on MadTV. They didn't give a f**k.

    • @TheBfutgreg
      @TheBfutgreg Місяць тому +3

      Internet changed everything to an early millennial

    • @Ottophil
      @Ottophil Місяць тому +7

      @@JoeyArmstrong2800trump isnt safe from ridicule at all. Neither was hillary, her husband. Bush. Bernie sanders. And literally everyone on both sides was on snl. There just happens to be a lot more things to make fun of on the right wing

    • @Richard_Nickerson
      @Richard_Nickerson Місяць тому +2

      ​@@Ottophil
      They made fun of Obama, they still make fun of Clinton and Sanders...

    • @Chelaxim
      @Chelaxim Місяць тому +5

      @Ottophil
      A lot of the people who MadTV made fun of was kicking a person when they were already down.
      Making fun of Britney Spears, Ashlee Simpson, Whitney Houston, Micheal Jackson and Anna Nichole Smith....wow so brave...so daring...so edgy...so forward thinking.
      I will maintain thier skits on 90s teen dramas was spot on. Pretty White Kids With Problems and Devon's Creek.
      Devon's Creek was a skit about color blind casting only done to appease people when the characters are clearly written for white actors and when the black people make suggestions to the executives on how a black person would say a line they get shut down.

  • @JoeyArmstrong2800
    @JoeyArmstrong2800 Місяць тому +1608

    As far as I'm concerned, Michael McDonald, Debra Wilson, Will Sasso, Aries Spears, Nicole Sullivan, Alex Borstein, Mo Collins, Stephanie Weir, Nicole Parker, Phil Lamarr, Frank Caliendo all deserve a place in the television comedy pantheon.

    • @pvrplesticks1939
      @pvrplesticks1939 Місяць тому +8

      Is it bad I only recognise two of those names?

    • @R0FLC4T5
      @R0FLC4T5 Місяць тому +169

      Bobby Lee 🗣️🗣️🗣️

    • @TGFMusic
      @TGFMusic Місяць тому +82

      How tf you forget Bobby Lee

    • @hiimjustin8826
      @hiimjustin8826 Місяць тому +43

      @@R0FLC4T5 Bobby Lee was insane on that show too. A real standout from the cast. And thennn

    • @mikedl1105
      @mikedl1105 Місяць тому +23

      Representin for Bobby Lee

  • @theman946
    @theman946 Місяць тому +195

    The wrong show died...

  • @HandsomeLongshanks
    @HandsomeLongshanks Місяць тому +150

    MadTV was an underrated gem that should have gotten more attention. So many people from that cast are funnier than most people in Hollywood and don't get the credit they deserve

    • @tasman001
      @tasman001 Місяць тому +1

      Eh...I liked both SNL and MadTV, but I definitely wouldn't ever call MadTV "underrated". Most of the writing was just dumb. Yeah, SNL misses a lot too, but they also do a weekly live show, so it's a completely different format and subject to much more time constraints.

    • @dlxmarks
      @dlxmarks 29 днів тому +2

      Nothing that ran for 14 seasons can be considered underrated.

    • @feny8
      @feny8 23 дні тому +1

      It’s a different type of comedy. It’s more slapstick than anything else. Nothing wrong with it, it’s just a style. SNL is more sophisticated and satirical playing with politics and pop culture. Mad tv was funny as hell but it was really dumb humor aimed at teens more than adults. Different styles. That’s all. But there’s really no argument clearly SNL is the better show. It survived and the it formed many careers. Your opinion is just your opinion but the results are clear. You can’t really argue with stats. Ratings etc. as much as you wish people shared your opinion you’re just incorrect.

    • @imalizard2113
      @imalizard2113 14 днів тому

      At the time this show was huge. They had a good run and fizzled out.

  • @Old-ded-memes
    @Old-ded-memes Місяць тому +256

    Kenny Rogers jackass sometimes pops in to my head for no reason.

    • @zanegraham4103
      @zanegraham4103 Місяць тому +10

      I was raised on the dairy.

    • @rustycrestmore8784
      @rustycrestmore8784 Місяць тому +2

      "Catch me generation X"

    • @iamme8770
      @iamme8770 Місяць тому +8

      "This is bat-catch with my teef!"

    • @Cookieboy70
      @Cookieboy70 Місяць тому +4

      Those few seconds of that baseball bat flying and hitting Kenny Rogers in the mouth is forever ingrained in my memory.

    • @CodyPinder
      @CodyPinder Місяць тому

      You got egg nog in my goat milk

  • @rykeman916
    @rykeman916 Місяць тому +616

    I didn't know what SNL was until my late teens but i watched MadTV as a kid

    • @oreo_frito
      @oreo_frito Місяць тому +10

      Fuckin same

    • @TheGreatDevlin
      @TheGreatDevlin Місяць тому +3

      Right. The cast from this are all-times to for me. When you name that original cast and I get excited for all of them? Yeah, you're iconic.

    • @lawrencetalbot8346
      @lawrencetalbot8346 Місяць тому +6

      MadTV was greater than SNL, especially given how downhill SNL went in the past 2 decades

    • @davidadams2395
      @davidadams2395 Місяць тому +1

      I was in my mid-twenties when Mad TV began, but I preferred it to SNL. Nevertheless, I would record SNL for later watching. Mad TV was more left field like SCTV.

    • @blackguyofthesouth2161
      @blackguyofthesouth2161 Місяць тому

      Then you must be young af, because SNL wasn't just a show, it also had movies

  • @johnnykarate_SweepLeg
    @johnnykarate_SweepLeg Місяць тому +380

    The fact that the narrator felt the need to say in the introduction that it was NOT a SNL skit, but rather a show "called MadTV"... like it was forgotten in time... breaks my heart. This show was a big part of my late teens/early 20s.

    • @user-rl1dp1hz8z
      @user-rl1dp1hz8z Місяць тому +9

      I think the script was written with AI. Either that or this guy just googled stuff poorly.

    • @kevincruise3521
      @kevincruise3521 Місяць тому +7

      That comment must've been aimed towards teenagers that never saw it but if you were watching tv in the 2000s you l damn sure knew what Madtv was!

    • @kingbaard5395
      @kingbaard5395 Місяць тому

      It's a garbage show that wasn't on very long and did not garner a large enough following. It's insane to assume that everyone, especially 20 years out, would remember this crap.

    • @kingbaard5395
      @kingbaard5395 Місяць тому

      @@kevincruise3521 Yeah, the worst show on TV

    • @johnnykarate_SweepLeg
      @johnnykarate_SweepLeg Місяць тому +12

      @@kingbaard5395 Madtv must have hurt you growing up. The outlash is much.

  • @savagebeastking8703
    @savagebeastking8703 Місяць тому +23

    Mad tv was way funnier then snl

  • @teddyfurstman1997
    @teddyfurstman1997 Місяць тому +33

    Mad TV > SNL. No Contest!

  • @Seibertz
    @Seibertz Місяць тому +258

    Stuart what are you doing? "holding a chicken and smoking a cigarette" I will never forget that line

    • @Crawlerz2468
      @Crawlerz2468 Місяць тому +23

      Ma! Look what I can do!
      I still say that and I'm a 40yo guy.

    • @NoHateLikeChristianLove
      @NoHateLikeChristianLove Місяць тому +3

      When he argues and pushes that guy.
      “I can’t stand up you hurt my back!”
      “Then crawl out you bastard!”

    • @HubCityIcon
      @HubCityIcon Місяць тому +8

      "smoking is for europeans and white trash" - Stuart decades ago... and me last night to an Italian girl I'm trying to get to stop smoking. SNL could *never* touch peak Mad TV.

    • @Richard_Nickerson
      @Richard_Nickerson Місяць тому +3

      ​@@Crawlerz2468
      Literally the cringiest part of the show. You do this as a 40 year old man? 🤦‍♂️

    • @telegramsam
      @telegramsam Місяць тому +3

      I just remember the line about lesbians taking real good care of their cats and having a can-do attitude

  • @roberttreacy8271
    @roberttreacy8271 Місяць тому +141

    Fun fact: Family Guy was originally going to start as a series of shorts on MadTV, but MadTv’s budget was not big enough to support animation production, so the idea was scrapped.

    • @AnthonySforza
      @AnthonySforza Місяць тому +27

      Probably explains why certain alumni found their way on the voice roster.

    • @hardlyworking_
      @hardlyworking_ Місяць тому +11

      wait, that can't be right because they literally DID have animations on Mad TV like Spy Vs. Spy

    • @Imac7065
      @Imac7065 Місяць тому +5

      so they woulda been even more of a simpsons rip off? haha

    • @seewhativescene
      @seewhativescene Місяць тому +1

      oh
      cool

    • @enrkm85
      @enrkm85 Місяць тому +2

      Fun Fact: This is word for word from the wiki

  • @skyMcWeeds
    @skyMcWeeds Місяць тому +23

    MAD TV John Madden and Kenny Rogers skits will always be iconic

  • @darex0827
    @darex0827 Місяць тому +253

    I loved Mad TV growing up as a kid. Absolute gold. Things went down hill and it stopped being a thing. Miss the gold old days, lol.

    • @NothingBesideRemains
      @NothingBesideRemains Місяць тому

      Love your avatar. I've used it before. Crocodylus pontifex.

    • @kenfresno2125
      @kenfresno2125 Місяць тому +8

      What's interesting is that Key and Peele are the two biggest stars Mad ever produced... yet no one was still watching that show by time they showed up. 99% of people who would say they're Key and Peele fans likely never saw them on Mad.

    • @lawrencetalbot8346
      @lawrencetalbot8346 Місяць тому +2

      I loved the comics. They were hilarious, especially when they mocked bad movies like Spider-Man 3.

  • @frankbivona5924
    @frankbivona5924 Місяць тому +259

    ADAM SMALL IS DAVID ALLEN GRIER.. AT LEAST THATS THE PICTURE YOU USED @02:37 LOL

    • @damianmayo3174
      @damianmayo3174 Місяць тому +32

      😂😂😂 i caught that too!

    • @generaldiscernment
      @generaldiscernment Місяць тому +27

      Came here to say this lol

    • @Jaheartsjonas
      @Jaheartsjonas Місяць тому +15

      It's weird on Google and some industry site he comes up as a older white guy and on the result from imdb it shows his picture as David Alan Grier (tho it's probably a glitch)... I guess that's where the confusion comes from but nerdstagic def didn't clock that 😂😅

    • @markphouthong4101
      @markphouthong4101 Місяць тому +5

      next review has to be for In Living Color

    • @VirgoJodie
      @VirgoJodie Місяць тому +3

      Damn, I just said that… lol

  • @guyr.6053
    @guyr.6053 Місяць тому +32

    As a teen not living in the US, I wasn't exposed to SNL as it was not airing in my country. But we did have MadTV in syndication, so I have very fond memories of those forst 5 seasons. What a great cast!

  • @StarlaBizarre
    @StarlaBizarre Місяць тому +12

    I never thought SNL was ever funny but I used to watch this like crazy

  • @miked9594
    @miked9594 Місяць тому +78

    The OJ Simpson touring golf courses looking for the killer was my favorite skit.

    • @steve716
      @steve716 Місяць тому +6

      He finally caught the real killer this week

    • @thekillers1stfan
      @thekillers1stfan Місяць тому +2

      the OJ bloopers were one of my favorite sketches

    • @ElAssoWipe-o
      @ElAssoWipe-o Місяць тому +1

      I find the O.J Simpsons Blind Date skit was funny as well.

  • @superdave3093
    @superdave3093 Місяць тому +135

    “It was viewed as a kids show that didn’t offend.” This statement right here is why critics are so often WRONG.
    I think the reason people loved MadTV was that they WEREN’T afraid to offend pop culture and celebrities. SNL during that time didn’t allow themselves to be silly and only focused on Political type stuff a lot of the time, until Will Ferrel. As someone in college at the time, me and my buddies LOVED watching MadTV!
    Characters like Stuart and Miss Swan and UPS guy and Kenny Rodgers weren’t deep and insightful and they didn’t need to be! It was just silly off the wall fun and funny to watch. It wasn’t very geo political and thought provoking and was also rarely boring whereas SNL so many times the skits would just drag on and on 😑 Miss MadTV and don’t think SNL is funny at all. Those days are long gone. And like so many commenters have stated it’s only funny cause everyone is TOLD how funny it is. That’s not funny it’s sad.

    • @SpaceCowFour
      @SpaceCowFour Місяць тому +19

      Yeah, that anyone somehow saw it as a kids show is wild, for how mature and raunchy the jokes often were.
      Edit: Just realized it could be the writer of this video may have crossed some wires in their research, since there was a separate Mad animated TV show on Cartoon Network in the 2010s for awhile that definitely was aimed more toward kids

    • @superdave3093
      @superdave3093 Місяць тому +7

      @@SpaceCowFour he often times botches his research so that is possible. I still like the discussions though so I tend to watch.

    • @nonamenoname1942
      @nonamenoname1942 Місяць тому +1

      true

    • @lawrencetalbot8346
      @lawrencetalbot8346 Місяць тому +11

      Agreed. SNL blows. It’s become a propaganda wing. MadTV didn’t care how famous you were or what party you were affiliated with, everyone was fair game on their chopping block. Which ironically made the general audience not get offended because everything was funny/no one was perfect. Society was better back then when everyone wasn’t so uptight and playing the victim class

    • @superdave3093
      @superdave3093 Місяць тому +3

      @@lawrencetalbot8346 very well said. Victim mentality and entitlement go hand in hand. 👍👍

  • @bruno_ffs
    @bruno_ffs Місяць тому +18

    Years later and I still randomly think of Debra Wilson’s Whitney Houston parody and it kills me every time

  • @ARCWuLF
    @ARCWuLF Місяць тому +20

    For my money, the Will Sasso/Pat Kilbane/Ares Spears era was one of the funniest sketch comedy shows ever produced, with the "Son of Dolomite," "Sling Blade," and "Rocket Revengers" sketches being highlights.

    • @KayJay940
      @KayJay940 Місяць тому +1

      Areis Spears still doing standup comedy but he kind of pushes the race stuff pretty hard.
      Not sure if because of his crowds or just him.

    • @ARCWuLF
      @ARCWuLF Місяць тому

      @@KayJay940 Yeah, that's kind of a thing with comedians "of that age," I suppose.

  • @Wills4gottenbday
    @Wills4gottenbday Місяць тому +158

    I was raised on mad tv, my brother & I still quote Stuart and miss Swan

    • @Jivewired
      @Jivewired Місяць тому

      My family definitely still "tell you everything" on a regular basis!

    • @TheChosen-of4lb
      @TheChosen-of4lb Місяць тому +11

      Look what I can do ☺️

    • @Mr.O-Town
      @Mr.O-Town Місяць тому

      She… a looka like a man

    • @Daniel-xg3ul
      @Daniel-xg3ul Місяць тому +3

      I don't wanna.

    • @Nmdixon-cu7vm
      @Nmdixon-cu7vm Місяць тому +12

      He looka lika maaaaan.

  • @KeyDash753
    @KeyDash753 Місяць тому +43

    I remember my mind being blown when I found out Phil LaMarr was Samurai Jack. He was funny on MadTV, but he's a genius voice actor.

    • @steved4221
      @steved4221 Місяць тому +8

      Agreed! Phil is possibly one of the best voice actors ever.

    • @billkendrick1
      @billkendrick1 Місяць тому +4

      My manwich!!!

    • @RAFAKAUST
      @RAFAKAUST Місяць тому +7

      Hermes on Futurama, Static Shock, Green Lantern, various voices on king of the hill. Phil LaMarr was such s huge part of my childhood.

    • @mimseydemon1844
      @mimseydemon1844 Місяць тому +1

      Met him at a comiccon when the revived Samurai Jack was about to air the last episode of the series. One of the best guests I've talked to, mostly about Jack, Mad TV, and the voice actors strike that was going on at the time.

    • @ElAssoWipe-o
      @ElAssoWipe-o Місяць тому

      He should be in front of a camera instead of just doing voice over work.

  • @JaneDoesMind
    @JaneDoesMind Місяць тому +10

    I grew up on Mad TV, would always get a Mad TV magazine every time I flew because it kept me distracted. It will always have a special place in my ❤.

  • @jeddy8469
    @jeddy8469 Місяць тому +34

    It can’t be stated enough how SNL had massive movie stars . Mad TV was home of the best voice actors currently working today . Phil Lamar , Debra Wilson , Alex Borstein , and even Nicole Sullivan for Shego can get enough praise for the voice talents

    • @mimseydemon1844
      @mimseydemon1844 Місяць тому

      Dave Herman who also ended up on Futurama.

  • @Randomark3087
    @Randomark3087 Місяць тому +70

    The first time I saw their Sopranos parody, was when I was on break at work. The part when they were going "Fu...Fu...Fu...Motherfu...Fu...Fu..." I laughed so hard I almost choked on my sandwich.

    • @hez859
      @hez859 Місяць тому +15

      The Sopranos on the pax channel 😂☠️

    • @gnomechomsky2524
      @gnomechomsky2524 Місяць тому

      Pus-

    • @tapset
      @tapset Місяць тому +4

      Funniest shit ever

    • @huitzi7985
      @huitzi7985 Місяць тому +3

      Thank you for reminding me of this lol

    • @Randomark3087
      @Randomark3087 Місяць тому

      @@huitzi7985 No prob. You can also find it here on UA-cam. It STILL cracks me up!

  • @nomenomerson6763
    @nomenomerson6763 Місяць тому +114

    Grew up on Mad TV in my teens. Way more relevant than SNL.

    • @cessxiii
      @cessxiii Місяць тому +10

      Norm MacDonald's weekend update ALONE blows away anything mad TV did. Also WAY more relevant, in every sense of the word lol

    • @michaelkeller5927
      @michaelkeller5927 Місяць тому +2

      Relevant?? No. Madtv had some great skits, but it was never more relevant than snl

    • @ElAssoWipe-o
      @ElAssoWipe-o Місяць тому

      @@cessxiii lol the only thing that people that people remember from Norm MacDonald on SNL is his Weekend Updates and none of his skits because they suck.

    • @nomenomerson6763
      @nomenomerson6763 Місяць тому

      @@michaelkeller5927 relevant to teens. Way way more relevant.

    • @nomenomerson6763
      @nomenomerson6763 Місяць тому

      @@cessxiii relevant to what? My teen years? Nope. Thanks for engaging with my post. Why ask questions when you can provide unsolicited opinions of your own. Thanks for coming to my talk on modern alienation through UA-cam posts.

  • @caddywampa6602
    @caddywampa6602 Місяць тому +10

    Fire your fact checker, if you have one. The picture you have for Adam Small is actually David Allen Grier, who was on In Living Color. The picture comes from "Chocolate News" which Grier Co-created with Adam Small, and which Grier starred in.

  • @CornNut007
    @CornNut007 Місяць тому +10

    That’s not a picture of Adam Small! That’s David Alan Grier, son.

  • @sampicano
    @sampicano Місяць тому +23

    For a time MADTV was better
    - Orlando Jones
    - Phil LaMarr
    - Artie Lange
    - Nicole Sullivan
    - Debra Wilson
    - Alex Borstein
    - Will Sasso
    - Aries Spears
    - Bobby Lee
    - Mo Collins
    - Michael McDonald
    - Stephnie Weir
    - Ike Barinholtz
    - Simon Helberg
    - Jordan Peele
    - Keegan-Michael Key
    MADTV was SO GOOD for a while....the cast is STACKED
    Kenny Rogers Jackass
    Bobby Lee and John Cena skit
    Can I Have Your Number
    Coach Hines
    There's one skit with an NFL coach doing a press conference after the game that I CANNOT FIND...it was a gem. Man that show was good.

    • @SimoExMachina2
      @SimoExMachina2 26 днів тому +1

      - Gump Fiction
      - Terminator protecting Jesus
      - Gay rapper
      - Oprah and Dr Phil spoofs

  • @Bigpontious
    @Bigpontious Місяць тому +57

    at 2:36 isn’t that david alan grier?

  • @yvetteturner6280
    @yvetteturner6280 Місяць тому +13

    That picture you used for Adam Small is actually David Alan Grier

    • @kensmith7288
      @kensmith7288 Місяць тому

      not even going to fix it huh?

  • @ekahnoman7331
    @ekahnoman7331 Місяць тому +5

    MadTV will always be funnier than SNL

  • @SD18-videos
    @SD18-videos Місяць тому +36

    You should do an episode about the animated MAD show

    • @jeffreysolano5717
      @jeffreysolano5717 Місяць тому +18

      I’m surprised that he didn’t even mention it in the video

    • @C47vin
      @C47vin Місяць тому +3

      @@jeffreysolano5717right that shit was insane lmao

  • @tizodd6
    @tizodd6 Місяць тому +26

    Me and my ex-wife used to love Will Sasso back in the day. Dude always killed it😂
    edit: Also, @2:35, that's David Alan Grier, not Adan Small. No, we do not all look alike, lol.

  • @FRANKMSM321
    @FRANKMSM321 Місяць тому +4

    Will Sasso leaving before spoofing Lance Bass’s plans to go into space with the Russians is the greatest missed opportunity in TV history.

  • @Voyzeck26
    @Voyzeck26 Місяць тому +1

    Flashbulb memory, watching MadTV and learning about Princess Diana. While she passed on Sunday (August 31, 1997), the news broke Saturday evening. I was too young to understand, I was just annoyed I couldn't watch the rest of my show because everyone was covering the crash in Paris.

  • @calebross8174
    @calebross8174 Місяць тому +38

    Kenny rogers jackass was some of the best entertainment I’ve ever seen

  • @KHaskins23
    @KHaskins23 Місяць тому +37

    I LOVED MAD TV!!! Will Sasso's parody of Steven Segal, Steward, and Key & Peele got their start on there before doing their comedy show years later was so good. I was really heartbroken when they canceled it.

    • @NoHateLikeChristianLove
      @NoHateLikeChristianLove Місяць тому +2

      When he was with the Dalai Lama
      Would you like some tea
      Na tea gives me farts…
      And Kenny Rogers was great!

    • @KHaskins23
      @KHaskins23 Місяць тому +2

      @@NoHateLikeChristianLove Crouching Cops Hidden Badges. Nuff said lol

    • @NoHateLikeChristianLove
      @NoHateLikeChristianLove Місяць тому +1

      @@KHaskins23 Oh yea! I forgot that was the name! He wanted to fly without the wires!

  • @aliadrift
    @aliadrift Місяць тому +3

    When I was a kid, my parents never watched SNL. They only watched Mad TV. And I would hide on the stairs to watch because it was so funny but my parents thought I was too young.

  • @KasumiKenshirou
    @KasumiKenshirou Місяць тому +5

    A TV version HAD been tried before this. There was an animated MAD Magazine TV pilot made in the 1970s, but it never actually aired because they couldn't get any corporate sponsors on board. It wasn't seen by the public until just a few years ago when it was uploaded to UA-cam.
    I watched MAD TV almost until it ended. One season towards the end, all of a sudden the skits just didn't even have sets anymore, and everything was on a single stage. Then for a while it was still on, but there weren't any new episodes, and they would just repeat the same two or three "Best of MadTV" specials over and over again (which didn't, in fact, contain the best sketches, not even close), containing very dated material, including a sketch about the George W. Bush vs. John Kerry election, long after this election had ended.
    I'm confused by the whole "Mad TV is for teenagers" thing. Wasn't SNL also for teenagers originally? People frequently say that the best era of SNL is whatever one was airing when you were a teenager.
    I liked MadTV better, simply because SNL dragged on way too long, and too many lengthy commercial breaks, due to the show being live and needing time to switch out the sets and costumes, and musical guest segments. I lived on the west coast, so SNL wasn't even live anyway. SNLs individual sketches always dragged on too long. Something that was funny for maybe a minute would be dragged on for 10 minutes.

  • @billc5433
    @billc5433 Місяць тому +50

    I thought Mad TV was fine, but man, there were some skits/characters that they ran INTO THE GROUND.
    I think a lot of the cast did "OK" after they departed the show, but I do think some of them should have been bigger names.

    • @kutter_ttl6786
      @kutter_ttl6786 Місяць тому +20

      For me it was Will Sasso. He deserved more success in his career.

    • @billc5433
      @billc5433 Місяць тому +12

      @@kutter_ttl6786 Will Sasso is exactly who I was thinking of. He has shown up in a LOT of shows, but I'm surprised he hasn't been bigger on sitcoms.

    • @NoHateLikeChristianLove
      @NoHateLikeChristianLove Місяць тому +2

      Will Sasso I wish did more. He was great and did great impressions.

    • @SuperRat420
      @SuperRat420 Місяць тому

      I'm surprised how many came right back to having seen just a second of a clip

    • @jr2904
      @jr2904 Місяць тому

      ​@@NoHateLikeChristianLove you think democrats will be kinder about questions? Lol

  • @cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245
    @cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245 Місяць тому +32

    *obligatory truthful “better than SNL” comment*

  • @user-uw1er9fg7p
    @user-uw1er9fg7p Місяць тому +4

    I'd like a Mad TV movie, like Kids in the Hall Brain Candy, but with all the Mad TV characters in an ensemble piece like a comical Magnolia or Pulp Fiction.

  • @facerip2222
    @facerip2222 Місяць тому +6

    Wat. @2:37 that's a picture of David Alan Grier from In Living Color, not Adam Small lol.

  • @MrKrk221988
    @MrKrk221988 Місяць тому +32

    There needs to be another sketch comedy show to compete with Saturday Night Live. Mad TV is funnier and more timeless, but SNL was also really good during that era, too. Now that SNL has no challengers, they're completely resting on their laurels.

    • @chrismcpherson7582
      @chrismcpherson7582 Місяць тому +3

      There's tons of sketch groups on UA-cam

    • @BakedRBeans
      @BakedRBeans Місяць тому +1

      SNL also had competition in Fridays (it lasted a few seasons) as well as SCTV Network (1 season)

  • @MrAlexSan00
    @MrAlexSan00 Місяць тому +7

    "Viewed as Kid Friendly and didn't want to offend anyone"
    Meanwhile, skits like Darlene McBride's Take Back America Tour

  • @the_stewbear
    @the_stewbear Місяць тому +4

    Coach Hines and Will Sasso’s Kenny Rogers were absolutely the best characters ever.
    Also, being named Stewart, this show affected me greatly.

  • @Jordacar
    @Jordacar Місяць тому +4

    Thanks for mentioning In Living Color. I grew up watching that before I ever watched SNL.

  • @GendoIkari_82
    @GendoIkari_82 Місяць тому +7

    Was a huge fan of Mad TV through the first 4 or so seasons. Watched almost every episode when it first aired; and have those seasons on DVD now.

  • @patrynize
    @patrynize Місяць тому +24

    Dude why do you have a picture of David Alan Grier as Adam Small?

    • @jonm.1030
      @jonm.1030 Місяць тому +3

      That is the same thing I was thinking , "pretty sure that's david alan grier" lol

    • @patrynize
      @patrynize Місяць тому +5

      @@jonm.1030 Like normally I wouldn't even care - but thats David Alan Grier! My man is a comedy STAPLE (especially from In Living Color, which they mentioned!)

    • @jr2904
      @jr2904 Місяць тому

      ​@@patrynize he was in that awful racist movie that just got dumped from theaters, right?

  • @Filmation77
    @Filmation77 Місяць тому +3

    Mad TV was more similar to in living color since they had two of their writers but most of the Mad TV fans I've met were either very young people or POC. An audience for the longest time SNL didn't reach out to. It's hard to do Mad TV now cause the original audience has grown up. (It's like that old joke, when did SNL stop being funny, it didn't You Grew Up.)

  • @m00ncat89
    @m00ncat89 Місяць тому +3

    2:36 why does “adam small” look exactly like david alan greer

  • @blurrble5
    @blurrble5 Місяць тому +5

    I loved MAD TV. The Abercrombie store sketch has a special place in my heart

  • @The_RedVIII
    @The_RedVIII Місяць тому +6

    Funnily enough, MadTV was dubbed and aired in other countries, unlike SNL. (Obviously because one was live and one was prerecorded). That is why I, as a none American, am way more familiar with MadTV than with SNL. Love MadTV as a kid.

    • @guyr.6053
      @guyr.6053 Місяць тому

      Same here

    • @armandoparedes7776
      @armandoparedes7776 Місяць тому

      In latin america SNL aired on SONY channel in a programming block with other NBC comedy shows like parks & rec, the office, scrubs, 30 rock. Since SONY had tv channels all over the world i always thought they were airing it in the same way everywhere

  • @positivelight_
    @positivelight_ Місяць тому +1

    “Speak into the microphone 👶🏼🎤” -Stuart (most iconic character ever)

  • @FabulousKilljoy917
    @FabulousKilljoy917 Місяць тому +2

    Never watched Mad TV, I basically went from All That to SNL, and I credit a decent amount of that to Keenan, a legend

  • @trah666
    @trah666 Місяць тому +3

    Im so glad to see people talking about MAD tv, i used to watch it religiously, it was always way gnarlier and more subversive than snl. Glad to see it get some love

  • @Tb0n33999
    @Tb0n33999 Місяць тому +3

    Losing Borstein and Sasso ended it for me. Huge loss of talent.

  • @TRJ2241987
    @TRJ2241987 Місяць тому +2

    When I was in my late teens/early 20s and had my first apartment my friends would come over every Saturday and we would party and watch the new episode of MadTV ever week, we did it right up to the last episode, even though the show really dropped in quality noticeably in the final season, we kept with the tradition right to the end. I still thought the show was amazing in the mid 2000s even though most people think the show wasn't as good once Will Sasso and Nicole Sullivan were gone, but I still loved the Ike Barenholtz/Key&Peele/Michael McDonald/Nicole Parker era

  • @TheRealVolk
    @TheRealVolk Місяць тому +1

    Stewart, Mrs. Swan, Lowered Expectations, Gump Fiction. So happy to have been able to watch this show every week growing up.

  • @FRANKMSM321
    @FRANKMSM321 Місяць тому +3

    Please do a separate video on just how bad the 90’s era of SNL was. The gist,
    Crappy skit, commercial, repeat for 90 minutes.

  • @tecpaocelotl
    @tecpaocelotl Місяць тому +5

    Madtv was awesome. Felt like a calmed down version In Living Color.

  • @Richard_Nickerson
    @Richard_Nickerson Місяць тому +2

    "Like SNL for high schoolers"
    Except I loathed Mad TV in HS, and as a theater kid I'd turn down basically every Mad TV sketch I was asked to be in.
    SNL > Mad, even at age 14. It came off as immature even back then. SNL now is beginning to feel like Mad did then.

  • @KLondike5
    @KLondike5 Місяць тому +2

    The first Borstein/Green greeting card company sketch was so damn funny, especially when the wheelchair crashes.
    There was a censored segment I believe of Sullivan and McDonald as a couple arguing with each other. The dialogue about his sexual preferences included her being painted in mime paint and laying in an ice filled tub so he could pretend she was a corpse. But then there was some sort of line that got audibly bleeped which was pretty rare. However, the line was still there in the closed captioning if you turned it on. I don't remember exactly what the joke was that was censored but it had something to do with menstrual blood & got a big reaction from the audience.

  • @raigresham1298
    @raigresham1298 Місяць тому +5

    That was David Allen Grier 😂

  • @thirtythreeteam2222
    @thirtythreeteam2222 Місяць тому +3

    Miss MadTV such a pinnacle of my childhood

  • @Uncle_n00b
    @Uncle_n00b 2 дні тому

    Used to watch this with my mom as a child. Great memories.Mad always brings a smile to my face. R.I.P. Mom ❤

  • @SNNetwork
    @SNNetwork 28 днів тому

    love that u started it with one of my favorite skits

  • @benjaminwatt2436
    @benjaminwatt2436 Місяць тому +3

    Considering the current state of SNL, someone should be looking into making a decent skit based show

  • @timschantz3233
    @timschantz3233 Місяць тому +3

    I loved Mad TV. Fox killed a lot of shows that could have gone the distance if they had just stopped messing with the schedule.

  • @aleksander8497
    @aleksander8497 Місяць тому +3

    Mad TV had a number of hilarious skits. Should be note worthy also for having a number of talented female cast members.

  • @steeltownbrown52
    @steeltownbrown52 Місяць тому +1

    I remember hearing Aries Spears in an interview with the All Out Show (Shade 45) and was asked about Mad TV. He said it was "unwatchable".

  • @thtboyjosh_
    @thtboyjosh_ Місяць тому +5

    I loved mad on Cartoon Network

  • @Adam-jw3uz
    @Adam-jw3uz Місяць тому +3

    I'm kind of surprised this video didn't touch on the strange animated spinoff on Cartoon Network.

  • @Richard_Nickerson
    @Richard_Nickerson Місяць тому +1

    I honestly can't believe Mad TV lasted as long as it did. And why would they make their airtime even later if they knew minors were their audience.

  • @user-ed4fv9nd3b
    @user-ed4fv9nd3b 22 дні тому +1

    "In 1995, Saturday Night Live finally started getting good again." - Are you fucking serious?!? That's when it started to suck!!

  • @jonathanstern5537
    @jonathanstern5537 Місяць тому +3

    That picture isn't of Adam Small but of David Alan Grier.

  • @MRF1983
    @MRF1983 Місяць тому +3

    Spishack... we're working on it 😆

  • @Been.Here.Since.2007
    @Been.Here.Since.2007 Місяць тому +1

    This was my favorite series at the time.
    It was a great time on FOX.
    It's sad that SNL still exists and MADtv is gone.

  • @nathanphillips7787
    @nathanphillips7787 23 дні тому +1

    For being the springboard to launch Key & Peale's career and having Phil Lamar, Mad TV deserves better.

  • @hahncodesix9754
    @hahncodesix9754 Місяць тому +4

    You used a David Allen Grier photo for Adam Small, dude lol

  • @nathank3976
    @nathank3976 Місяць тому +10

    MadTV was better than SNL

  • @Itsadarkworld34
    @Itsadarkworld34 Місяць тому

    I turned 12 in '95 and I think I watch it all the way up to graduating high school then became too busy to stay watching what I always watched. MAD TV was definitely 1 of my favorite tv sitcoms. I think it be pointless to try to revive this show, especially during today's time, even stad up comedy is practically gone. What a shame

  • @mercymaddox
    @mercymaddox Місяць тому

    MadTV is one of my favourite shows of all time. The cast is absolutely amazing and talented. Micheal McDonald, Debra Wilson, Mo Collins, Stephanie Weir, Nicole Sullivan, Nicole Parker, Ike Barinholtz, Jordan Peele, and Keegan Micheal Key--SO MANY OTHERS are so iconic and I wished that all of them saw the super stardom they deserve. Im glad some cast members have gotten a spotlight or were on our screens at all but I think they deserve more credit and i hope they know the impact theyve had on fans. Seriously they are so amazing!
    Back then and to this day, SNL never appealed to me and I felt bored alot while watching them when I tried. Theres only rare gems i like from them.

  • @Gamer-ade
    @Gamer-ade Місяць тому +5

    It was so good when it started but as the years went on the cast they would hire got less and less funny.

  • @Almighty_cornholio
    @Almighty_cornholio Місяць тому +2

    Will sasso as Kenny rogers is always gonna be hilarious

  • @mikeiis2ill
    @mikeiis2ill Місяць тому

    Awesome video, wish was longer

  • @theone-vg3bn
    @theone-vg3bn Місяць тому +3

    yes

  • @EyeOfKings
    @EyeOfKings Місяць тому +3

    I thought this was gonna talk about the cartoon Network show lol

  • @planescaped
    @planescaped Місяць тому +1

    Crazy how Will Sasso's Steven Seagal parody became more and more accurate with each passing year, XD

  • @melmcallister6293
    @melmcallister6293 Місяць тому +2

    2:36 that is David Allen Grier sir , not Adam Small😅

  • @tylerhackner9731
    @tylerhackner9731 Місяць тому +3

    Better than snl

  • @p.d.l7023
    @p.d.l7023 Місяць тому

    Tragic story: I was watching the very first episode of MAD in 1995 and I woke up in the hospital. No I didn't laught myself to death. Had a minor stroke. So, that's what that show will always remind me of.

  • @jdkincorporated4577
    @jdkincorporated4577 3 дні тому

    Love the breakdown of the show, and I hate to say but... BUT the pictures you put up for the show writers that moved from 'In Living Color' to 'Mad TV' had an incorrect reference to a picture described as 'Adam Small' but the man in said picture is David Alan Grier, an actor from 'In Living Color'.

  • @Frank_D
    @Frank_D Місяць тому

    I watched the first couple of seasons, but I forgot a lot of it. The one thing I do remember is it seemed like every episode had the line "And to save time, I pee in the shower!" in one of their skits. Someone was really proud of it.
    Something else I remember is that sometimes at the end of a skit, they'd take a few minutes to rattle off several alternate takes on whatever the gag was. For example there was a skit about Dharma and Greg, and they had a bunch different riffs on that (I specifically remember "Dharma and Egg") and another time they did Walker: Texas Ranger and they listed "Jimmy Walker: Texas Ranger" and "Old Lady with a Walker: Texas Ranger." Most of the time these weren't really all that funny and seemed like they were just padding for time, though "Old Lady with a Walker" was the rare gem of the bunch.

  • @brandonjones8059
    @brandonjones8059 Місяць тому +1

    I have been on a binge of old MadTV. The first six seasons are the best.

  • @stonewallperformance
    @stonewallperformance Місяць тому

    Grew up on MadTv and still love it to this day! I wish it got the recognition i deserved, it did launch some amazing careers but by the time those who got famous really "made it", MadTv was long gone. Definitely would love to see the seasons get a proper streaming and DVD release!

  • @pulsecodemodulated
    @pulsecodemodulated Місяць тому +1

    The show wasn't popular here in Australia, but one of the local networks used to show it at about 1-3AM and it had a bit of a cult following, certainly amongst my friends and I. I seemed to recall losing interest after about season 6, I think most of the original cast were gone by then and it just wasn't the same.

  • @AlexInDaMixForMashUpMusicVideo
    @AlexInDaMixForMashUpMusicVideo Місяць тому

    So happy someone covered this
    I miss MAD TV
    So awesome

  • @thehalfmanTL
    @thehalfmanTL Місяць тому +2

    2:37 😂 that's David Allen Grier you have a picture of bud, not Adam small.. lol